3DP PAN EU

The project is born with the aim to foster awareness, knowledge and uptake of 3DP technologies by facilitating and promoting SMEs’ access to high quality services related to testing, validating and certifying 3D printing solutions. 

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AD-ASTRA | Aerospace Districts: Acceleration of the Strategic Transfer of Regional Advancements

This proposal aims at the development of a connected interregional innovation ecosystems between 5 EU regions (i.e., Toulouse, South Holland, Madrid, Apulia, and Emilia-Romagna) with different innovation readiness levels but a shared interest in fostering aerospace innovations and sectors.

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Casa Mediterranea

The strategic project Mediterranean Housing aims at promoting innovation in the key regional industries of brick and ceramic materials, particularly relevant for the Emilia-Romagna construction sector renovation.

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CrowdHO | Crowdfunding for Housing Climate Transition

CrowdHO aims at exploring the potential of crowdfunding to support private apartment owners to bear the costs of deep retrofit interventions in mixed ownership buildings. 

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DIG.INT | Digital International Trainers

The general aim of the project is to support the internationalization process of the Vocational Education and Training (VET) - at the three levels of teachers/trainers-learners, VET provider organizations and regional VET systems - by using the full potential of digital transformation opportunities, and thus increase the attractiveness of VET and its capacity to support the internationalization process of the economic system

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EU-BELONG | An Intercultural Approach to Migrant Integration in Europe's Regions

The project aims at increasing the intercultural competences of public and private stakeholders to effectively address integration challenges within their regional territories

 

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Impact Agencies - Impact Actions for social innovation agencies

It intends to reshape and make more efficient a set of services to support BICs and incubators through the Twinning Advanced methodology. 

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IMPULSE PLUS

IMPULSE PLUS will effectively transfer to new regions and cities the main outputs developed during the previous MED project IMPULSE.

This includes the provision of support tools for the development of gradual renovation plans and financial planning for cost-optimal solutions for public building stocks.

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IT-ER - International Talents in Emilia-Romagna

It is one of the initiatives of ART-ER on behalf of the Regional Government of Emilia-Romagna, aimed at promoting study and research opportunities for international students and researchers, as well as collaboration among regional innovation ecosystem actors and Emilia-Romagna expat living abroad.

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NUCLEI

Network of Technology Transfer Nodes for Enhanced Open Innovation in Central Europe advanced manufacturing and processing industry

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PIMAS | Portable Instant Mineral Analysis Systems

Ha l'obiettivo di definire sensori avanzati per le operazioni minerarie, dedicati a fornire una valutazione istantanea e precisa del contenuto di minerali e migliorare lo sfruttamento economico delle riserve minerarie

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A.SPIRE - Sustainable Process Industry through Resource and Energy Efficiency

A.SPIRE is the European Association which is committed to manage and implement the SPIRE Public-Private Partnership

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ACCENT | Accompany City in Energy Strategy

ACCENT is a Climate-KIC project that aims at supporting the energy transition of European cities by developing a web based platform to visualize, analyze and share energy data related to buildings. 

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AGRESTIC - Reduction of Agricultural GReenhouse gases EmiSsions Through Innovative Cropping systems

LIFE AGRESTIC aims to promote the adoption of innovative and efficient cropping systems, based on the introduction of legumes and catch crops in four-year rotations of cereals and industrial crops, and of innovative tools in order to mitigate the impact of agricultural activity on climate change and optimize agronomic management.

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AI-REGIO

The AI-REGIO project aims at building and alliance between DIHs and running initiatives (Vanguard Initiative, S3 Platforms, AI4MS,...), involving industry and service providers, to foster and facilitate an AI-driven digital transformation for SMEs and Big Companies. Starting from already running services for industry, AI-Regio aims at create a network to share services and competencies across Regions.

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ASTER in Silicon Valley

Emilia-Romagna in Silicon Valley supports and promotes the two-way link between our region and Silicon Valley

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BEST

The “BEST Energy CheckUp” project is a DEMONSTRATOR aiming at implementing full-spectrum energy saving scans for SMEs.

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BEST-DIH | Boosting European DIH Success Through a new funding mix approach

Obiettivo del progetto è migliorare l'attuazione delle politiche di sviluppo regionale nel campo della trasformazione digitale,

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BioMethER

Biomether aims at boosting the biomethane value chain in Emilia-Romagna. The project will realize two demonstration plants for biomethane production for direct grid injection. These demonstration plants will act as foot-in-the-door for the development of the biomethane value chain in the region.

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Build Interest

Improving the attractiveness of investments in energy efficiency and sustainability in buildings

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CASTIEL

CASTIEL´s mission is to contribute to the success of the activities of the National Competence Centres (as realized in the Research and Innovation Action (RIA) in the same call – EuroHPC-04-2019 by tackling both the maintenance and

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CHARTER

Sector Skills Alliances aim at tackling skills gaps, by identifying sector specific labour market needs and demand for new skills with regard to one or more occupational profiles (demand side), or by enhancing the responsiveness of initial and continuing VET systems, at any level (supply side), to sector– specific labour market needs.
Drawing on evidence regarding skills needs, Sector Skills Alliances support the design and delivery of transnational vocational training content, as well as teaching and training methodologies.

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Climate KIC Accelerator

The programme aims to develop knowledge and promote innovation inthematic areas relevant for climate change

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Climate Launch Pad

It is a business plan competition for the clean-tech sector. 

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Climate-KIC - Knowledge Innovation Community on Climate

Climate-KIC is the EU’s largest public private partnership addressing climate change through innovation to build a zero carbon economy.

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COMPETE IN

The project focuses on SMEs competitiveness by improving regional policies to support the internationalization of territories, leveraging on the local system of actors and regional distinctive competencies.

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Course - Junior Expert in Circular Economy

The course will train 25 European young people who are qualified with a school diploma and preferably are neither in employment nor education or training

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EBN | European Business & Innovation Centre Network

EBN is a network of around 150 quality-certified EU|BICs (business and innovation centres) and 100 other organisations that support the development and growth of innovative entrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs. EBN is also a community of professionals whose day-to-day work helps these businesses to grow in the most effective, efficient and sustainable way.

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ECN | European Crowdfunding Network

The European Crowdfunding Network AISBL (ECN) is a professional network aimed at innovating, representing, promoting and protecting the European crowdfunding industry.

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EIT Raw Materials

EIT Raw Materials has the ambitious vision of turning the challenge of raw materials dependence into a strategic strength for Europe. Its mission is to boost the competitiveness, growth and attractiveness of the European raw materials sector via radical innovation and entrepreneurship. 

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ELISE

The aim is to strengthen the regional innovation ecosystem in the Life Sciences and facilitate collaboration between research and business

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Emilia-Romagna Talenti e Innovazione Web Portal

The web portal emiliaromagnatalentieinnovazione.aster.it  is operated by ART-ER with the objective of guiding and attracting young talents in Emilia-Romagna, promoting opportunities for study, training and employment in the innovative areas identified in the  Regional Smart Specialization Strategy (S3).

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ER2Digit | Emilia-Romagna Regional Ecosystem of Digital Innovation

ER2Digit is a European Digital Innovation Hub located in the Emilia-Romagna region, where it focuses mainly on AI and supercomputing technologies to support the strategic use of data for the enhancement of public services, offering access to top-notch hardware and software infrastructures, while contributing to the assurance of trustworthy data processing

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ERA_FABRIC | Framing And Bridging Regional research and Innovation ecosystems Capacities for a renew

Aim of the ERA_FABRIC project is to define, structure, populate and validate the “interconnected knowledge space” foreseen by the EU ERA Hubs initiative

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ERRIN - European Regions Research and Innovation Network

Founded in 2001, ERRIN is a unique Brussels-based platform of more than 120 regional stakeholders organisation most of whom are represented by their Brussels offices.

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EUROCC ACCESS

The EuroCC activity will bring together the necessary expertise to set up a network of National Competence Centres in HPC across Europe in 31 participating, member and associated states, to provide a broad service portfolio tailored to the respective national needs of industry, academia and public administrations.

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FactoRIS II | Learning Factories for Digital Transformation of SMEs II

The goal of FactoRIS II is to further support the case-specific digital transformation of RIS based SMEs by evolving existing production facilities towards Industry4.0

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FIRECE Innovative Financial Instruments for industry low carbon energy transition in Central Europe

The main objective of FIRECE is to increase the capacity of the regional operator to manage local energy plans

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FIRST - Funding for Innovation, Research and Technological Development

First is a service created by ASTER in 1999 with the aim to provide information, analysis and assistance on opportunities offered by regional, national and European funds for innovation, research and technological development.

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FLIP FOR CCIS 3

The present action (FLIP for CCIs-3) will build on the achievements of the previous two pilot projects (FLIP-1 and FLIP-2), complement them and prepare proposals with a view to the adoption of future actions/basic acts for sustaining and developing CCIs. The main objective of the FLIP-3 action is to organise activities in the areas of Financing, Learning, Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights for cultural and creative sectors. The objective of the action is also to work in a cross-sectoral manner between the different project’s components.

ART-ER is associated partner

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Highlander

The overarching goal of HIGHLANDER is to support a smarter (environmental and economically sustainable) management of lands in their mosaic of natural resources, land uses, sectors, human activities and assets, while also
reducing risks and taking opportunities posed by climate change and its variability.

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IFTS CIRCULAR SOCIETY

It is a pilot VET course in the field of Higher Technical Education on Circular Economy and Societies

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INCLUSIVE

Smart and adaptive interfaces for INCLUSIVE work environment

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INKREASE - INnovation and Knowledge for REgional Actions and SystEms

INKREASE is a project involving 7 European regions that aims at improving the innovation delivery capacity of the participating regions, mainstreaming into the regional strategies advanced policies and tools to increase the capacities of the various innovation ecosystems, reinforce the collaboration between research and business communities and exploit the economic valorization processes of research results

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INN@SE | Innovative Social Entrepreneurship with Youth Engagement

I partner elaboreranno una metodologia congiunta che mette insieme le loro diverse esperienze in tema di empowerment dei giovani, nella formazione, nella ricerca in economia sociale e nello sviluppo di startup, per sostenere le organizzazioni profit e no profit per coinvolgere meglio i giovani in temi di innovazione sociale e supportarli nello sviluppo di imprese sociali sostenibili.

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Inno Infra Share

The goal of INNO INFRA SHARE is to improve the accessibility and exploitation – also at the interregional level - of local Research and Innovation infrastructures (RII) by SMEs

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IoTwins | Distributed Digital Twins for industrial SMEs: a big-data platform

IoTwins aims at enabling SMEs in the manufacturing and facility management/service sectors to access edge-enabled and cloud-based big-data analysis services to create hybrid digital companions to improve their production process and optimize the management of their facilities. 

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KITT4SME

Vuole fornire strumenti per agevolare l'ingresso delle tecnologie di Intelligenza Artificiale nei processi produttivi delle piccole e medie imprese.

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Le Serre di ASTER

It provides an acceleration path including various services devoted to business creation - training, meetings, advisory services, networking - with the aim of increasing beneficiaries' skills and ability to enter and remain in the market.

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MHT | MORNING HEALTH TALKS

In 2019 Morning Health Talks (MHT) events have been launched in RIS regions with the aim of raising awareness about EIT Health, conducting meaningful discussions on current healthcare challenges and building new connections among the stakeholders of the RIS regions. 

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Nanouptake

NanoUptake creates a comprehensive new e-infrastructure to foster dialogue and collaboration between all actors in the supply chain for a knowledge-driven definition of Safe by Design setups that optimize hazard, technical performance and economic costs

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NESSIE | North Sea Solutions for Innovation in Corrosion for Energy

NeSSIE si propone di affrontare il tema della corrosione delle strutture negli impianti offshore di produzione di potenza da fonti rinnovabile quali: energia eolica, mareomotrice, del moto ondoso.

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Open EYE - Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs

Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs is a cross-border exchange programme which gives new or aspiring entrepreneurs the chance to learn from experienced entrepreneurs running small businesses in other Participating Countries.

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PEMA

PEMA is the technical assistance component of the “VET through Innovation” programme, designed to support vocational education and training in Albania through the establishment of a multifunctional center of excellence in the agricultural and agro-industrial sector in the Fier region (Albania) that will include the “Rakip Kryeziu” school in Fier and the Agro-mechanical school of Lushnje. The ""VET through Innovation” programme is based on an agreement between the Italian cooperation in Albania and the Albanian Government.

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RaiSE | Enhancing social enterprises competitiveness through improved business support policies

The extension of the RaiSE project is devoted to the exchange of experiences on the impact of Covid-19 on business support policies to social enterprises (SE), in coherence and continuity with RaiSE project’s results

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RegionARTS | Enhancing SME growth by the integration of artists in ICT projects

Ha come obiettivo la valorizzazione delle politiche a favore delle Industrie Culturali e Creative.

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REGIONS 4FOOD | REGIONal Strategies 4 FOOD 4.0 Revolution

Aims at promoting the digitization of the agri-food value chain in order to maximize the growth potential of the digital economy and tackle future challenges in this sector.

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REINWASTE | Remanufacture the food supply chain by testing INNovative solutions for zero inorganic W

Reinwaste is a project which aims to bring a concrete contribution to the reduction of inorganic waste production, favoring the adoption of greener innovative concepts by agriculture&food industry, with a focus on SMEs.

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RESET

The RESET project aims to create a European network of local and regional authorities which exchange good practices on social economy and social enterprise model to maintain employment and include vulnerable people. In particular, RESET intends to enhance interaction and improving collaboration between existing social economy networks and stakeholders at regional and local level, to boost inter-regional learning between public and private actors and to contribute to a gradual building of a Social Economy community.

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RISE-ALB

The project promotes social entrepreneurship in support of job placement of vulnerable categories. It develops along three levels:

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SCHIP | Social Challenges Innovation Platform

A platform aiming at creating a marketplace where actual social challenges can meet powerful and innovative solutions

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Science | Business

ART-ER is a member of Science|Business, a networking organisation founded in 2004 to air new policies and promote partnerships in science and technology. 

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Scient

Is an University/business alliance cofunded by the Erasmus+ program, aiming at improve scientific entrepreneurship and focusing on young researchers, the brightest minds, with business potential untapped. 

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SELF USER

Self User was created with the aim of experimenting with the Clean Energy Package directive, creating an innovative collective self-consumption system to promote the production and use of energy from renewable sources, both in the building's utilities and in the use of shared electric mobility, and to counter social inequalities and energy poverty

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SHAR-EEN

The objective of the SHAR-EEN project is to identify and link-up with collaborative economy platforms, exchange experience with all relevant stakeholders and help European SMEs

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SHIPmEnTT

It aims at establishing an innovation ecosystem focused on the green sea mobility sector across the ADRION area

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SILK

SILK intends to establish an international community of peers for the exchange of good practices and measures to support the internationalization of social enterprises. The project is led by the Network Diesis and the partnership is made up of public administrations, third sector organizations, research centers, regional agencies and trade associations from European and non-European countries that are starting to deepen the topic of internalization in companies or have already launched dedicated initiatives and programs.

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SmartAgriHubs

It enables a broad digital transformation of the European farming and food sector

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SPIRE-SAIS | Skills Alliance for Industrial Symbiosis - A Cross-sectoral Blueprint for a Sustainable

The main objective of the project is to develop a blueprint for a European Intensive Industries Skills Agenda and Strategy (SPIRE-SAIS) for an ongoing and short-termed implementation of new skills demands concerning cross-sectoral circular economy. 

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Start Cup ER

It is the main regional business plan competition dedicated to innovative entrepreneurial projects with a deep relation with the research results.

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StartInnShop

StartInnShop, cofunded by the European Union (H2020 program, INNOSUP sub programme dedicated to peer learning of Innovation agencies), is a one year project that supports the feasibility study of new services for startups, specifically dedicated to speed up the "go to market" processes. The consortium consists of 3 innovation agencies: Aster, coordinator; Laval Mayenne Technopole (France), The Rubicon Centre (Ireland)

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STORM | Industrial Symbiosis for the Sustainable Management of Raw Materials

The Project objective is to implement a long term self-sustainable excellence Network dedicated to provide services to external customers for the implementation of innovative, sustainable business and cooperation model solutions for the all-round recycling and/or exploitation of raw materials from end of life complex products with more attention for secondary products. 

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SUNFRAIL - Reference Sites Network for Prevention and Care of Frailty and Chronic Conditions in com

SUNFRAIL aims at improving the identification, prevention and management of frailty and care of multimorbidity in community dwelling persons (over 65) of loco-regional settings of EU countries. 

 
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SurplusMall

The project aims at analysing the feasibility of a new business model, aligned with European strategies of circular economy, based on a cloud platform addressed to support the trading of industrial surpluses.

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TAMSALL

TAMSALL is a project aimed at reinforcing Libyan administrative decentralization process through supporting local authorities’ capacity building and international relations.
The project intends to share with 20 Libyan municipalities tools to improve the offer of public services.

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TRIS | Transition Regions towards Industrial Symbiosis

TRIS project will support public bodies to develop activities aimed to increase the resource efficiency and competitiveness through Industrial Symbiosis. The overall objective is to identify and analyse the barriers and/or enabling factors to the widespread and durable adoption of Industrial Symbiosis practices.

The exchange and mutual learning based on partners’ previous experiences and practices will provide each regions with a number of examples of solution to effectively overcome such barriers
 

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Vanguard Initiative

The Vanguard Initiative is a network of 30 EU regions which are politically committed to revitalising European industrial growth by leading by example in boosting growth, competitiveness and innovation in their regions. This should be done by improving the alignment between regional areas of strength and enabling co-investment, on the basis of regional smart specialisation strategies. The political leadership in every partner region has undertaken this commitment by signing a joint declaration, known as the Milan Declaration.

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WoodpickER

WoodPickER analyses the feasibility of a sustainable forest management model in a pilot area of the Emilia-Romagna region.

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World Food Research & Innovation Forum

The Forum aims to set up an international think tank to attract global players in Emilia-Romagna on research and global food security and devoted to global strategy for the development of the agrifood sector and research and policy for the sustainability and food security and safety, in order to support the competitiveness of enterprises and agrifood sector as well as the research community, governments and

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